New program to research, address poverty issues
UCR’s School of Public Policy will be launching the Blum Poverty Initiative on Global and Regional Poverty in the fall of 2015. The brainchild of former Chairman of the UC Board of Regents Richard...
Visiting speakers advocate for refugee empowerment through education
From 7 p.m. to about 9 p.m. on Monday, May 15 in the Alumni and Visitors Center, the World Affairs Council of Inland Southern California, Global Issues Forum, Glocally Connected and UCR Undergraduate Education...
64 Highlanders participate in UCSA’s annual conference
Over 400 UC students, including 64 Highlanders, attended the 12th Annual Student Lobby Conference from April 4-6 to advocate on and raise awareness about issues of higher education, such as reforming sexual assault policies...
Chancellor commits $210,000 to Native American outreach efforts
A commitment of $210,000 was promised by Chancellor White to support an outreach educational program aimed at inspiring Native American youth to take advantage of a post-secondary education. On April 17, Chancellor White hosted...
Campus holds vigil for hospitalized students
UC Riverside students Christopher Lee and Regan Moore remain hospitalized after their involvement in a car accident that occurred on the weekend of Jan. 14. In the aftermath of the accident, the students of...
Highlander Newsroom 05/21/14
The Highlander Newsroom discusses deaths on the 91, imprisonment in North Korea and women's genitalia.
UCR’s Civic Engagement Coalition tackles voting rights
ASUCR’s Civic Engagement Coalition hosted its first free information session on Tuesday, Oct. 20. Titled “Our Power, Our Vote,” the webinar aimed to educate students about voting rights, especially as it pertains to the...
Two UCR students create app to help combat the lack of parking on campus
Two fourth-year biology majors, Bharat Rai and Andrew Attia, have created an app to help fight the parking situation that students are facing at UCR. The app is called Pickup N’ Park and it...
TAPS Chair unveils new parking structure, addresses student permit and parking concerns
On November 12, 2018 UCR Transportation and Parking Services (TAPS) began the sale of commuter parking permits, and after just a few days the most popular permits such as Gold+13 and Gold+21 already sold...
UCR Dining announces the opening of Bytes and the Market at North District
On Monday, April 4, dining locations Bytes in Winston Chung Hall and the newly built Market at North District officially opened for business. On the day of, UCR Dining posted the Market’s opening on...